Chapter 630: Chapter 270: Bent on Dying

The members of the Celestial Water Palace who followed behind formed a protective perimeter around them.

As they ventured deeper into the island, the places they passed were, as expected, completely deserted.

Shui Tianxin’s brow furrowed slightly.

"By the way, Young Hero Fang, why did you want to come to Wuxia Island?"

The whole affair began when Yuchi Ting dispatched Gongyang Shang to slaughter the people on a ship from Wuyan Island. The act was then blamed on Fang Shuwen, a plot designed to lure the Four Forbidden Lands into a confrontation and cement the false charges against him.

The plan was simple, but effective.

Although Fang Shuwen had killed every last person from the Four Forbidden Lands, leaving no survivors, the news still couldn’t be suppressed.

The reason was simple: the Four Saints of the East Sea were fanning the flames from behind the scenes, and the men from the Forbidden Lands had also left their own hidden measures in place.

As a result, on the day after the incident, someone was already tailing Fang Shuwen’s ship from a distance.

This just went to show how thoroughly prepared this group of people was.

But now, the people of the East Sea only knew that their pretext was working well. As for who had truly killed the people from Wuyan Island, they neither knew nor cared.

Even the people of Wuyan Island itself didn’t care about the truth.

Thus, Shui Tianxin was unaware that the true culprits were Yuchi Ting’s disciples.

With nothing better to do as they walked, Fang Shuwen recounted the entire tale from beginning to end.

By the time he finished his story, Fang Shuwen had led them to a mountain villa on the island.

This was thanks to Gongyang Shang, who had previously described the island’s paths and layout to him.

Because of this, Fang Shuwen navigated the area with the ease of an old hand, finding it not the least bit unfamiliar.

A plaque hung high above the villa’s main gate, bearing four words: Purple Qi Mountain Villa!

The main gates were thrown wide open, but there was no one inside.

The group walked through the entrance and into the villa’s main hall, Dongsheng Hall.

Fang Shuwen went straight to the seat of honor and sat down. Shui Tianxin, meanwhile, ordered her disciples to search the villa and see if any of Yuchi Ting’s men were still present.

The people of the Celestial Water Palace worked quickly. The villa was neither large nor small, and they swept through it in their search, regrouping in Dongsheng Hall moments later.

"Reporting to the Palace Master, the entire Purple Qi Mountain Villa is deserted."

As the words were spoken, Fang Shuwen looked up and smiled.

"Who says it’s deserted? Look, they’re arriving right now."

The sound of wind being split apart reached their ears as figure after figure appeared outside Dongsheng Hall.

Fang Shuwen remained seated. While the Celestial Water Palace disciples had been searching, Luo Shuqing had found the kitchen and boiled some water. She now emerged with a tray, lifted the teapot, and poured Fang Shuwen a cup of tea.

Fang Shuwen smiled.

"Thank you, Miss Luo."

Luo Shuqing rolled her eyes at him.

"It’s almost time for you to do the heavy lifting. Making you a cup of tea is nothing."

No sooner had they finished speaking than a voice rang out.

"Fang Shuwen! You came to our East Sea, massacred Tingtiao Pavilion, and wantonly slaughtered the disciples of our Eight Forbidden Lands."

"We must ask, how have our Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea offended Your Excellency?"

"If you do not give us a proper explanation... I fear that while you may have come to Wuxia Island, you will not be leaving it alive!"

As the voice echoed, a figure strode into Dongsheng Hall.

The man’s temples were streaked with white, but the rest of his hair was black. Though clearly no longer young, he showed no signs of frailty.

It was none other than the Vice Island Master of Wuyan Island—Gu Chengfeng!

Fang Shuwen raised his teacup, took a gentle sip, and slowly exhaled.

"Yuchi Ting’s tea isn’t half bad."

The anger on Gu Chengfeng’s face had been half-feigned, but upon hearing Fang Shuwen’s casual remark, he became genuinely furious.

"Fang Shuwen!"

"How dare you ignore me like this?"

"The Human World Demon God has always been arrogant."

A somewhat sinister voice drifted from behind Gu Chengfeng. Dressed all in black, Ye Wusheng had silently appeared at Gu Chengfeng’s side. He lifted his gaze to Fang Shuwen.

"I just never expected you to be so brazen in the presence of the Vice Island Master of Wuyan Island!"

"Don’t you realize that your doom is upon you today?"

Fang Shuwen’s brow twitched. ’I’m really not cut out for this kind of strategic maneuvering,’ he thought. ’Just a few words from these two and my killing intent is already flaring up.’

But then he glanced at Shui Tianxin, and an idea suddenly struck him. He spoke:

"Slap him."

Shui Tianxin took a moment to process, only then realizing the command was meant for her.

Without a second thought, she pivoted and appeared before Ye Wusheng, her right hand raised high to deliver a vicious slap.

Ye Wusheng’s guard was up only against Fang Shuwen; he never imagined Shui Tianxin would willingly act as his enforcer.

He didn’t have time to react, and even if he had, he wouldn’t have been able to block her attack.

Just as the palm was about to connect, a hand suddenly shot out from behind Ye Wusheng, grabbing his clothes and yanking him backward in a last-ditch effort to dodge the blow.

But Shui Tianxin was the Palace Master of the Celestial Water Palace; her Martial Arts were, of course, extraordinary.

A divine light flashed in her eyes, and for a split second, it felt as though a monstrous torrent had surged through the area.

The movements of both Ye Wusheng and the person behind him froze abruptly.

In that moment, Shui Tianxin’s arm seemed to lengthen by three inches as it viciously connected with Ye Wusheng’s face.

SLAP!!!

The crisp sound echoed throughout Dongsheng Hall.

It wasn’t just Ye Wusheng who was left dumbfounded. All the masters and Forbidden Land Disciples who had just arrived also stared in utter disbelief.

This was Shui Tianxin!

The Palace Master of the Celestial Water Palace, the master of one of the Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea.

Even though she had gone to find Fang Shuwen and spoken with him privately for two hours, and even though no one knew what they had discussed, nobody could have imagined that at his simple command, "Slap him," she would actually strike the Young Valley Master of Xiaoye Valley across the face.

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